| con, as in what she did to me! |
[Jun. 15th, 2008|05:10 pm] |
A little over a year ago, I was pretty much a former congoer. Over the last few months, I became the Rustycon secretary, and I'm working the Seattle in 2011 Worldcon bid. As of today, I'm on the Board of SWOC as a Member-at-Large. I think Gene and Bobbie have learned of my inability to say no, and have exploited it for their own nepharious purposes.
Oh, and I'm making horseradish mashed potatoes for a Father's Day dinner at Drew's parents' house. |
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| what's for dinner |
[Jun. 4th, 2008|11:12 pm] |
I've decided to start posting about my culinary adventures. I know this is not a unique idea, but I get very excited about my experiments, (especially those that succeed!) Also, since I rarely follow a recipe, I need a record of it if I ever want to make it again!
This probably won't happen too often, as I rarely have the energy to spend hours in the kitchen.
So, what was for dinner, you ask?
Why, it was ( lamb stew and fennel salad! Mmmmm ) |
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| We got married! Come celebrate with us! |
[Mar. 20th, 2008|03:19 pm] |
Drew (latras) Wolfe and Kate Mulligan (Mom Burnout) got married, and now they want to make you eat chili!
When: Saturday, 7-10pm
Where: Room 1364 (PH floor in the tower)
Who: you!
Come see our wedding pictures and spend some time with the newlyweds! |
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| Thursday night, con rate room |
[Mar. 19th, 2008|05:17 pm] |
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We're cancelling our room for just Thursday night. So if you want a room tomorrow night @ convention rate, call them now |
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| slip |
[Jan. 12th, 2008|08:36 pm] |
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Missing costume element. Went to Target. Encountered two (2!) women, who worked in womens clothing, who didn't know what a slip is. Wtf? Seriously, the first lady directed us to the tights! What woman doesn't know what a slip is? When we explained, she's like, well, some skirts come with one sewn in... um, no, that's called a lined skirt! |
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| ?? |
[Jan. 12th, 2008|06:04 pm] |
Where the heck is everyone? |
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| Reception at Norwescon |
[Jan. 11th, 2008|03:54 pm] |
Some of you know Drew (latras) and I got married. It was a wonderful wedding, but we were not able to invite everyone we wanted to celebrate with. So we are having a reception at Norwescon! We have a suite on a party floor, and want to celebrate with YOU (well, most of you! :) )
Stay tuned for info. I'll try to remember to make all party info posts public, but you could always friend me (and if you leave me a reply so I know who you are, I'll reciprocate) so you can see any I forget to make public. Plus, then you have access to my incredibly sporadic, fairly boring posts about suburban soccer mom life, my goofy kid, and and how much my husband rocks! Woohoo! |
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[Jan. 6th, 2008|10:27 pm] |
96% Mike Gravel
94% Dennis Kucinich
83% John Edwards
79% Barack Obama
77% Chris Dodd
76% Joe Biden
74% Hillary Clinton
68% Bill Richardson
35% Rudy Giuliani
28% Ron Paul
24% John McCain
19% Mitt Romney
18% Mike Huckabee
17% Tom Tancredo
8% Fred Thompson
2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz
Too bad Gravel isn't really a viable candidate at this point in the game. That, and I'm pretty dedicated to Obama! |
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| Cora's home |
[Jan. 6th, 2008|09:59 pm] |
a rare public pic of Cora! Enjoy!
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| thing that don't suck |
[Nov. 6th, 2007|01:36 pm] |
Things That REALLY Don't Suck.
People who, upon hearing that I'm having trouble with wedding planning, take it upon themselves to form a freakin committee and spend a whole bunch of their time and energy on helping me when they really don't have to!
People who volunteer to make gorgeous jewelry (I'll post a link later when I'm not posting from my sidekick) and do it all custom and beautiful.
Delicious cake.
My kid being in the wedding.
Seventy-twelve people volunteering to help with the food on the day of the wedding so I don't get curry or tomato sauce on my dress.
Marrying the man of my dreams! |
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| things that suck |
[Nov. 6th, 2007|01:08 pm] |
Things That Suck.
People who don't rsvp.
People who say they'll do things for or in the wedding, then back out with little notice, or simply don't.
Dresses that don't fit right and can't be altered.
Having the officiant change 3 weeks before the wedding
The officiant telling us, 2 weeks before the wedding, that we can't have a bunch of stuff the way we had wanted and planned it.
Busses that come early, don't wait for you to cross the street, and end up costing you over an hour out of your day.
People who don't rsvp, til you've already given a headcount to the baker, and now you have more people than servings of cake. (Those people better not bitch if they get costco sheet cake!)
Tripping and falling in a marsh and losing a shoe and twisting your ankle and fishing out the shoe only to have the bus driver tell you you can't get on, because you're kinda muddy, and having to walk halfway home on a twisted ankle, in squishy muddy shoes, til someone stops and gives you a ride the rest of the way, and then you realize you are locked out.
Wrist corsage thingies, where the part that goes around the wrist is all velcro all the way around.
Having to go to Walmart.
Knowing it's still not the kind of wedding I really want, but can't have, regardless of how many things go right or how much money we can spend.
Socks that don't stay up.
Fibromyalgia.
Confusing transit websites. |
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| even funnier |
[Sep. 16th, 2007|04:33 pm] |
omg this is too funny.
If I answer the first question differently, I'm East Timor!
You're the United Nations!
Most people think you're ineffective, but you are trying to
completely save the world from itself, so there's always going to be a long
way to go. You're always the one trying to get friends to talk to each
other, enemies to talk to each other, anyone who can to just talk instead of
beating each other about the head and torso. Sometimes it works and sometimes
it doesn't, and you get very schizophrenic as a result. But your heart
is in the right place, and sometimes also in New York.
Take the Country Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid
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| Really? James Joyce? |
[Sep. 16th, 2007|04:24 pm] |
hahahahaha
You're Ulysses!
by James Joyce
Most people are convinced that you don't make any sense, but compared
to what else you could say, what you're saying now makes tons of sense. What people do
understand about you is your vulgarity, which has convinced people that you are at once
brilliant and repugnant. Meanwhile you are content to wander around aimlessly, taking in
the sights and sounds of the city. What you see is vast, almost limitless, and brings you
additional fame. When no one is looking, you dream of being a Greek folk hero.
Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.
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| Ring! |
[Sep. 1st, 2007|11:18 pm] |
One ring down, two to go!
He put it on my finger tonight! I picked it out, and I looooove it. I hadn't really wanted a traditional diamond engagement ring, and I love, love, love tanzanite, which is that middle stone. Since I will probably frequently wear my wedding band by itself, I didn't want a "set" that fits together. And I've always loved this style of ring.
It's funny, though. Cora was with us, and she has very, very different taste than I do. Given a choice of any two nice rings, we picked different ones.
Although, while we were looking, the salesperson pointed out this one that he called the Kryptonite ring. It was freaking hideous! It was a whole clump of randomly placed raw emeralds, set in a HUGE (like the part sitting on the finger was 1"Wx1"H1.5"L) ring of raw looking, rough, clumpy, unpolished gold. We joked about how he was never going to sell it, unless, as he said, Lex Luthor walked through the door!
So of course, as we were looking at the ring we eventually bought, a couple came in and looked seriously at it (I think they eventually bought it)! This couple was wearing a ton of some of the worst gaudy jewelry I've seen. They brought their own loop to look at the ring, and were seriously discussing the MERITS of this ring and stuff. As hard as it was for us and the salesperson not to laugh, it was even harder to keep Cora from laughing, poor girl!
Oh, and
***** MDC Mamas, FRIEND ME! ***** |
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| I'm engaged! |
[Aug. 8th, 2007|10:23 am] |
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Drew asked me to marry him last night!!! Of course, I said yes. It was no surprise, as we've been discussing it for a while. But it is still wonderful, and I'm over-the-moon happy. I'm so excited to be his wife, and to start our life together!
We told Cora this morning, and she is very happy and excited, as well.
More details later... |
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| pissed off |
[Jul. 13th, 2007|12:53 pm] |
So, I'm in a pissy mood today. My landlady's husband, the maintenance man, is a putz, and she kept changing the story to cover for why he said he'd be here 3-4 days ago and I still hadn't heard from them this morning.
So, I think I'll listen to something nice and uplifting. Like Denis Leary's "No Cure For Cancer"
So the neighbor (not the one who plays the thumping base all the time) who keeps going away and leaving their alarm clock set to Spirit105.3, to go off @ 2.30a for an hour and wake the whole neighborhood, now has to listen to an hour of Denis Leary, starting with "The Asshole Song" heehee. |
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| book meme |
[Jun. 15th, 2007|12:59 am] |
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next three sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
"Not only are Ephraim's Children very aware of their surroundings, but they often react inensely to the stimuli they receive from their senses. This is what we mean by sensitivity. For example, you and I may be irritated by a scratchy tag on the collar of our shirt; and Ephraim's Child may very well have a tantrum until every particle of the tag has been removed."
From Parenting the Ephraim's Child, by Deborah Talmadge and Jaime Theler. |
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| Yeah, no kidding! |
[May. 7th, 2007|10:39 pm] |
| Never Date a Cancer | 
Clingy, emotional, and very private - it's hard to escape a Cancer's clutches.
And while Cancer will want to know everything about you, they're anything but open in return.
Instead try dating: Leo, Sagittarius, Gemini, or Aquarius |
I dated a couple Cancers... Bad, bad, bad! And I agree on the Gemini! (Guess who's a Gemini?) |
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| Announcing... |
[May. 1st, 2007|06:26 pm] |
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Announcing Kiran Shivde Schatz. My brother, Dan Schatz, and his wife, Geeta Shivde, welcomed their son, Kiran, into the world today! They ended up having to have a c-section, but mom and son are doing fine. He is healthy, happy, and nursing like a champ! Pictures to follow (friends only) when I get them.
Yay! I'm an aunt! Woohoo! :D |
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[Apr. 28th, 2007|02:58 pm] |
Your results:
You are Derrial Book (Shepherd)
| Derrial Book (Shepherd) |
| 85% |
| Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) |
| 85% |
| Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) |
| 80% |
| River (Stowaway) |
| 75% |
| Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) |
| 65% |
| Inara Serra (Companion) |
| 65% |
| Wash (Ship Pilot) |
| 60% |
| Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) |
| 50% |
| A Reaver (Cannibal) |
| 35% |
| Alliance |
| 30% |
| Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) |
| 15% |
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Even though you are holy
you have a mysterious past.
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Click here to take the "Which Serenity character are you?" quiz...
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